This week – Monday 19 to Sunday 25 February - is Cancer Prevention Action Week and there’s currently a stall outside our hospital chapel giving more information.
You’ll be able to pick up leaflets and find out more about our Cancer Care Navigator team.
The week is run by the World Cancer Research Fund to focus on changes to daily habits that can reduce the risk of preventable cancers. This year the emphasis is on encouraging people to move more as physical activity can help protect against some cancers – with the campaign using the social media #MakeYourMove
About 1,100 people are diagnosed with cancer every day in the UK but it’s estimated that 40% of cancer cases could be prevented. Making small and consistent changes to your life can help and this doesn’t mean you need to go for a 10k run. Dancing in the kitchen, stretching when you have a few moments and moving rather than sitting all count. Even tiny amounts of activity can help – walking up the stairs, a ten-minute walk to the shops, lifting a weight while the kettle is boiling. This is known as exercise snacking – a short burst of activity that, if done throughout the day, every day, add up.
To find out more you might like to read; https://www.wcrf-uk.org/our-blog/6-ways-to-exercise-without-realising/
